Google Gets Personal, Searches Your World, Not Just The Web

By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times
Tue, 01/10/2012 - 8:59am

For Google, it's personal. The Internet search giant is no longer going to roll out the same search results to everyone.

Senh: I've already been seeing some of that in action. I've noticed that the results I get when I'm logged-in are different from the results I get when I'm not. Sometimes, I get results from sites that I'm Plus One-ed on. Sometimes I get results from sites that I visit often, like MoviesWithButter.com, for instance.

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